MINKE WHALE (Balaenoptera acutorostrata): Canadian East Coast Stock
Minke whales have a cosmop olitan distribution in polar, temperate and tropical waters. In the North Atlantic there are four recognized populations — Canadian east coast, west Greenland, central North Atlantic, and northeastern North Atlantic (Donovan 1991). These four population divisions were defi...
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2001
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Online Access: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.294.8815 http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/pdfs/sars/ao2001whmi-cneco.pdf |
Summary: | Minke whales have a cosmop olitan distribution in polar, temperate and tropical waters. In the North Atlantic there are four recognized populations — Canadian east coast, west Greenland, central North Atlantic, and northeastern North Atlantic (Donovan 1991). These four population divisions were defined by examining segregation by sex and length, catch d istributions, sightings, marking data and pre-existing ICES boundaries; however, there are very few data from the Canad ian east coast population. Minke whales off the eastern coast of the United States are considered to be part of the Canadian east coast stock, which inhabits the area from the eastern half of the Davis Strait out to 45°W and south to the Gulf of M exico. The relationship between this and the other three stocks is uncertain. It is also uncertain if there are separate stocks within the |
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